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n dynamics to mediate CH4 emanation from livestock is presented. We have also discussed the pros and cons of each strategy along with future prospective of dietary modulation of rumen microbiome to improve the performance of ruminants while decreasing GHG emissions.Dominant genetic effects may provide a critical contribution to the total genetic variation of quantitative and complex traits. However, investigations of genome-wide markers to study the genomic prediction (GP) and genetic mechanisms of complex traits generally ignore dominant genetic effects. The increasing availability of genomic datasets and the potential benefits of the inclusion of non-additive genetic effects in GP have recently renewed attention to incorporation of these effects in genomic prediction models. In the present study, data from 498 genotyped Alpine Merino sheep were adopted to estimate the additive and dominant genetic effects of 9 wool and blood traits via two linear models (1) an additive effect model (MAG) and (2) a model that included both additive and dominant genetic effects (MADG). Moreover, a method of 5-fold cross validation was used to evaluate the capability of GP in the two different models. The results of variance component estimates for each trait suggested that for fleece extension rate (73%), red blood cell count (28%), and hematocrit (25%), a large component of phenotypic variation was explained by dominant genetic effects. The results of cross validation demonstrated that the MADG model, comprising additive and dominant genetic effects, did not display an apparent advantage over the MAG model that included only additive genetic effects, i.e., the model that included dominant genetic effects did not improve the capability for prediction of the genomic model. Temsirolimus nmr Consequently, inclusion of dominant effects in the GP model may not be beneficial for wool and blood traits in the population of Alpine Merino sheep.A fast growing, circumscribed, unilateral swelling of the right mandible of a juvenile horse was observed. Within few weeks, the continuously growing mass reached dimensions ranging from 7 to 10 cm in diameter and resulted in loss of the first deciduous premolar of the affected side. The animal was euthanized due to lesion progression. Histologically the mandibular swelling consisted of numerous variably sized vascular structures, partly filled with erythrocytes and embedded in a loosely arranged fibrous stroma within the medullary cavity of the mandible. Juvenile mandibular angiomatosis was diagnosed. To the authors' knowledge this is the first description of this rare entity in the mandible of a foal.Swine could play a role as a "mixing vessel" for avian and human influenza viruses and should, therefore, be thought of playing an intermediate role in the emergence of pandemic influenza strains. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for Swine influenza virus (SIV) seropositivity at the farm level in West Java and Banten provinces, Indonesia. A total of 649 blood samples were collected from 175 pig farms, and at the time of sampling, a questionnaire about routine herd management was administered to participant herd managers. Swine influenza virus serological status for each of the sampled pigs was tested using the IDEXX ELISA-test (Maine, US). The apparent herd-level prevalence of SIV seropositivity was expressed as a true herd-level prevalence using the Rogan and Gladen method, modified to account for low and high prevalence herds using a Markov chain Monte Carlo Bayesian approach. The association between herd-level characteristics and SIV seropositivity status was assessed using binary logistic regression. The true prevalence of SIV seropositivity was 26% (95% CI = 20-33). The presence of animals apart from pigs on farm (odds ratio, OR = 2.51, 95% CI = 1.0-6.0), keeping breeding sows for less then 2 years (OR = 5.9, 95% Cl = 1.8-20), being less then 1 km from a poultry farm (OR = 2.4, 95% Cl = 1.0-5.7), and purchasing pigs only through pig collectors (OR = 11, 95% CI = 4.3-29) increased the risk of a herd being seropositive to SIV. Our results show that biosecurity to limit the introduction of SIV should be enhanced on farms located in areas of high pig and poultry farm density. While the role that pig collectors play in the transmission of SIV warrants further investigation, swine producers in West Java and Banten should be made aware of the enhanced risk of SIV associated with purchasing of replacements from collectors.Over the past couple of decades, lymphatics research has accelerated and gained a much-needed recognition in pathophysiology. As the lymphatic system plays heavy roles in interstitial fluid drainage, immune surveillance and lipid absorption, the ablation or excessive growth of this vasculature could be associated with many complications, from lymphedema to metastasis. Despite their growing importance in cancer, few anti-lymphangiogenic therapies exist today, as they have yet to pass phase 3 clinical trials and acquire FDA approval. As such, many studies are being done to better define the signaling pathways that govern lymphangiogenesis, in hopes of developing new therapeutic approaches to inhibit or stimulate this process. This review will cover our current understanding of the Ras signaling pathways and their interactions with Prox1, the master transcriptional switch involved in specifying lymphatic endothelial cell fate and lymphangiogenesis, in hopes of providing insights to lymphangiogenesis-based therapies.Introduction Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been widely used to treat cardiopulmonary failure in patients with congenital heart defects (CHD) postoperatively. A meta-analysis is performed for outcomes of postoperative CHD patients on ECMO. Methods Electronic databases, including PubMed, EMbase, and Cochrane Library CENTRAL were searched systematically from January 1990 to June 2020 for literature which reported the outcomes of postoperative CHD cases on ECMO. The scope of this search was restricted to articles published in English. Results Forty-three studies were included in this study, involving 3,585 subjects. Postoperative ventricular failure with low cardiac output was the most common indication of ECMO initiation. The pooled estimated incidence of in-hospital mortality was 56.8% (95% CI, 52.5-61.0%). Bleeding was the most common complication with ECMO with an incidence of 47.1% (95% CI, 38.5-55.8%). Multivariate meta-regression analysis revealed that single ventricular physiology (coefficient 0.